Card holder for containers



April 9, 1929.

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JAMES B. some, or LOS ANGELES, oamronnm.

CARD HOLDER FOR CONTAINERS.

Application filed February 23, 1928. Serial No. 256,255.

. The present invention relates to methods and means for temporarily attaching price cards, advertising and the like to containers such as tin cans and the like and the invention has for its principal object the provision of means whereby grocers, chain-store clerks and the like may expediently attach price cards and advertising to practically all types and sizes of tin cans and like containers.

Ordinary containers, particularly circular containers such as the common tincan, have cards and the like and the peculiar shape and design of such containers necessitates the use a of many crude expedients for displaying price cards and announcements thereon. Gne such expedient is that of a bar of soap resting upon the top of the can andpresenting a card secured to the soap by a common nail or pin imbedded therein.

In the majority of self service grocery stores price cards are secured to the shelf carrying the goods but this method is not entirely satisfactory as the cards are apt to be misread, dislodged or transposed, and such cards are often mistaken as applying to the goods immediately above whereas they are intended to apply to the goods below.

Another object of the invention is to provide a card holder which may be quickly attached to or. as readily removed from a container; while capable of engaging the can in such manner that it is not accidentally dislodged and even permitting of lifting the can directly thereby.

I have illustrated my invention by the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a view infront elevation of one practical embodiment of my invention applied to a common circular container.

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a plan view of parts hereinafter known as the gripping means; the view showing them in extended position.

Figure 1 is a view in section seen on a line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Figure 5 is a view partly in front elevation and partly in section of a modified form of the invention.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive I provide can engaging means in the form of a pair of flat horizontal members disposed to extend contiguously across the top of a can 10. The members are designated by the numerals 11-11 and are each provided at the outer end with a bend 12 whereby a depending flange 13 is provided. The flanges are bowed on the vertical plane and are also arcuate on the horizontal plane to conform somewhat to the circumference of the rolled edge 14 of the can. Each member 11 is provided with a hook 15 struck from the metal as at 16 and providing for connect-ion with the corresponding looped end 17 of a tension spring 18. Thus, when the members 11 are positioned over a can top as shown in Fig. 1 the spring tends to draw the members together and hold them in place. The rolled edge 14 of the can coacts with the bowed flanges 13 to prevent the members 11 from being detached from the can by upward movement.

A card holder is provided in the fornrof two similar and parallel members 19. A pair of slip rings 20 are employed to hold thev two members in yielding contiguity so that a card 21 may be placed between them and held by action of the rings. Horizontal slots 22 are formed in the members 19 intersecting the outer margins 23 thereof. These slots hold the rings in horizontal position and the rings have their ends disposed in corresponding detents 24: formed in the said members.

Each member 19 is bent outwardly from the horizontal plane as at 25 and is again bent at 26 and 2? respectively from whence it extends horizontally to provide a foot 28.

Each foot 28 is formed longitudinally with a channel 29 to receive corresponding side edges 30 of the members 1111. When the card holder members are disposed in the normal position in which they are shown particularly in Fig. 4, the bent portions jointly provide a housing or space 32 in which the spring is disposed. When the complete device is assembled the members 11-11 are slidable longitudinally in the channels provided by the card holding members, and the spring is also housed and protected.

To place the device on a can in the position shown in Fig. 1, the can gripping means are moved apart against the tension of the spring in any suitable manner. \Vhen released the flanged ends grip the can securely as shown and the can may even be lifted directly by taking hold of the device only. Cards such as 3d, bearing the price or any other suitable legend may be inserted between the card holding members or removed as desired. The brand or any suitable trade mark may be permanently imprinted on the card holder in the visible location in which the word Brand is shown in the drawings. The embodiment Just descrlbed may be used on various diameters of cans and other contalners because of the, extensible feature, andon a variety of sizes will hold securely." Since the can gr ipping means are slidable 1n the card holding meansythe latter is'also slidable on theformer and may be positioned either centrally of the Y can or toward oneside.

j The construction and assembly is quite sim-. ple the device comprising fourma or parts;

the two can gripping members being held together by the tension spring and the two card gripping members being held together with considerable tension solely by the split rings.

In 'the form shown in Figureti, the card holder36 and the can gripping member 37 are 1 integral. The member 37 is provided at each end: with dependlng flanges 38 curvedasat 3 9 to properly, gripthe can and to provide .P proper resiliency. The lower edges oft-he flanges are curled outwardly as at 39 so that i I the device may be pressed over the rolled edge of the can. The card holder 36 novi'des soace 40 foradvertising or the like and is also provided withv clips 41 for supporting a card 42.

WVhile I have shown specific constructions and arrangements of parts'for carrying out my'invention .1 do notlimit-myself to any specific constructiom'my invention residing 1n the provision of a device providing means for gripping the can and for holding a re- 'movable card or the like in display position.

I claim: a V 1. in a devlce of the class described, a horizontal extensible means adapted to rest adj a-' cent its respective ends upon the uppermost rolled edge of a can means at each end of the first named means to be sprung over such rolled edge, and a vertically. directed card holder carried by said extensible means.

2.111 a device of the'class described, a card between them, means holding-said members yieldably in contiguity with each other; said members providing channels in which said strlpsare shdable. I

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